Total Crime Rate

106.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ash Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in East Preston , and the 126th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ash Lane (BN16 3BT) in the last 12 months was 106.8 per 1,000 residents and was 277.3% higher than the East Preston average (28.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ash Lane (BN16 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fittleworth Garden, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ash Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stonefields Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fittleworth Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fittleworth Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 7 of 7

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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